The art and poetic content of baldassarre

Verse 1

Gossamer veiled
Ephemeral beings
Upward one’s gaze
Toward uncurling wings

Formless they sweep
And scutter around
More upon more
They menace and hound

Bridge 1

When the gloaming comes
Fleeting courage falls

Verse 2

Ineffable sound
From whisper to throng
A chorus of creatures
With ratcheting song

Nocturnal madness
What sends this despair
Of blackening gloom
With implacable scare?

Bridge 2

When the gloaming comes
Fleeting courage falls

Chorus 1

Just in time
There’s a hint of light
Morning dew
Such a welcome sight

Verse 3

That specter returns
With each waning day
A liminal seam
Where reason’s betrayed

Phantasmic and dreadful
What cannot be seen
The mind will supply
Those fiendish things

Bridge 3

When the gloaming comes
Fleeting courage falls

Chorus 2

Just in time
There’s a hint of light
Morning dew
Such a welcome sight
Calm returns
Within your breast
Safe again
Among the rest

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

She walks into the room
And takes her seat
Every Thursday where
The broken meet

The chairs arranged so they can
Face their fears
The ones they’ve buried
For so many years

Verse 2

She drags an anchor
Made of heavy shame
Fighting memories
She will not name

The child within her
Still relives that day
The monsters are so
hard to chase away

Verse 3

The ones who love her
Care so desperately
And try to help her
Finally, be set free

They try to get close
But it’s not allowed
Her past is poisoning
The here and now

Chorus 1

Holding onto secrets
Makes them stronger day-by-day
Secrets lose their power
When you speak their name

Secrets can devour
Fed by silence, fed by shame
Secrets lose their power
When you speak their name

Verse 4

She lives in turmoil
From an inner storm
Avoiding pain is causing
Even more

She’s sinking lower
And she’d rather drown
Than face the demons
As they drag her down

Chorus 2

Holding onto secrets
Makes them stronger day-by-day
Secrets lose their power
When you speak their name

Secrets can devour
Fed by silence, fed by shame
Secrets lose their power
When you speak their name

Outro Chorus

Secrets keep haunting
They will not move on
Secrets keep hurting until
They are undone

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Alone in my room
Where I often would cry
Tears wouldn’t come
Like your love, I’m denied

I trembled for reasons
Too young to know why
I needed your help
But you turned a blind eye

Shame
Guilt
Ran amok in my brain
15 years old
And I think I’m insane

You were busy
Numbing your pain
I tried to save you,
But I got the blame

Verse 2

Taunted
Haunted
Nowhere to hide
The enemy stalked me
From deep down inside
You were too stoned
I was disowned

Verse 3

I was relieved
On the day that you died
Strange how your love
And my pain would collide

Something inside of me
Soon came alive
The first glimpse of hope
Began to arise…
Arise…
Arise…

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

Gasping, choking, burning
From another’s fire
Blinded, desperate, dying
As the flames grew higher
Intoxicating, debilitating, lies
He was inhaling
The suffocation and tribulation
Consumed
All hope was fading

Chorus

The house is burning
But he can’t return
The fire burned him
But he finally learned
It took his all
He had to crawl
But now he stands free

Verse 2

Barely, breathing, finally
He made his break
Turning, running, faster
He pulls away
Intoxicating, debilitating, lies
He was inhaling
The suffocation and tribulation
Consumed
All hope was fading

Chorus

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

May these words beneath your eyes
Speak my love before I die
Though I may be gone
I’ll send this song
May it kiss your ears
Gently through the years

Chorus 1

Restless, the hero
Trying to be strong
Sealing, a letter
With his final song

Verse 2

Only love at last survives
Far beyond our fleeting lives
Unafraid of death
With my last breath
Whispering your name
Never far away

Chorus 2

Restless, the hero
Trying to be strong
Sealing, a letter
With his final song

Outro refrain

Though I may be gone
Love goes on and on
Sealed within this song
Love goes on and on…

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

You and me we always disagree
Never learned just how to let it be
One step forward, three steps back
We dance a Dead Ballet

Chorus

In this together
You and me
In this forever
Can’t you see how hard it is
In this together
Never free
We dance forever
We’re spinning round and round
and round

Verse 2

Words we say can never fly away
Taking turns rewriting yesterday
Lost devotion in slow motion
Like a Dead Ballet

Chorus

In this together
You and me
In this forever
Can’t you see how hard it is
In this together
Never free
We dance forever
We’re spinning round and round
and round

Bridge

Our shoes are bruised and
battered
Our costumes worn and tattered
Fighting to take the lead
Another encore for the
Slowly dying swans

Outro

We dance together
We dance forever
We dance together
We dance forever

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Can’t catch my shadow
It’s been runnin’ from behind me all day
The cart is pullin’
And the horse ain’t got a thing to say

Forecast tomorrow, says
More of the same
At least I’ve got myself
A good head start
We’re near apart, so Ready, Fire, Aim

Chorus 1

Ready, Fire, Aim
Ready, Fire, Aim

Verse 2

I’ve got convictions
And a lucky diamond in my shoe
Gotta pinch of Grizzly
Just a little less than I can chew

If this don’t end well
Please misspell my name
I’ll bet that you are wonderin’ if I’m
Playing dead, so Ready, Fire, Aim

Chorus 2

Ready, Fire, Aim
Ready, Fire, Aim

If this don’t end well
Please misspell my name
I’ll bet that you are wonderin’ if I’m
Playing dead, so Ready, Fire, Aim

Chorus 3

Ready, Fire, Aim
Ready, Fire, Aim
Ready, Fire, Aim
Ready, Fire… Aim

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Waking to the flight of a sparrow
Holding her ghost to my chest
Feeling her down to my marrow
Then I hear sounds drifting from Marrakesh

Verse 2

Listen and I’ll tell you a story
How the trade winds brought her in from the East
Landing on the shores of Tarifa
Her love found me there on the beach

Chorus 1

Just in case it was a fantasy
I held her tight in my arms
She kissed me once then set me free
You know she meant me no harm

Verse 3

Yielding the sun to the moonrise
Casting her light on the waves
Singing on high from an altar
Captured by the Siren’s ways

Chorus 2 & 3

Just in case it was a fantasy
I held her tight in my arms
She kissed me once then set me free
You know she meant me no harm

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

Lily’s in the field
Turning her face to the sun
Dancing in her mind
Inviting the fairies to come

Born in a storm
She tries to survive on her own
Imagining a life
A life that she never has known

Chorus 1

And round and round she goes
To a place nobody knows
Round and round she goes
Where she stops nobody knows

A leaf in October
Fearing the Fall
She clings to the branch
With her all

Refrain

Lily’s in the valley
The valley, gets dark sometimes
Lily’s in the valley
The hills are hard to climb

Verse 2

Lily keeps her thoughts
Protected behind her brown eyes
So no one else can see
The dreams that keep her alive

Chorus 2

And round and round she goes
To a place nobody knows
Round and round she goes
Where she stops nobody knows

A leaf in October
Fearing the Fall
She clings to the branch

The wind may convince her
To spin to the ground
And land without making a sound

Refrain

Lily’s in the valley
The valley, gets dark sometimes
Lily’s in the valley
The hills are hard to climb

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

If somehow each hour
Could last a day
That wasn’t meant
To fade away
I would need
More time to say
How much I love you
In every way
Every single way

Verse 2

If I had a thousand wishes granted
There is only one that I would need
That’s because the day I met you
Was the greatest gift I’ve ever received

Chorus 1

There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever
Here with you
There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever with you

Verse 3

When we’re together
Nothing else exists
Time disappeared
When we first kissed
Let’s keep the world out
While we’re dancing slow
Just you and me
We’ll never let go

Chorus 2

There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever here with you
There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever with you

Turn

Yeah, yeah, yeah
There is nothing I’d rather do
There is nothing, there is nothing
I’d rather do…

Chorus 3

There is nothing I’d rather do, yeah
Than spend forever here with you
There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever with you

Outro

Ohh, nothing I’d rather do
Then spend forever with you
Ahhh yeah
Let’s spend forever
spend forever with you
Ohh, nothing I’d rather do

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Too many fears and so much pain
Too many tears they fall like rain
Do not despair we are all in this as one
Love never dies, no it goes on and on

Release your worries for one day
On wings of doves they’ll fly away
Breathe in the beauty of everything around
Smelling the blossoms on the common ground

Chorus 1

If we believe love’s a little bit of heaven
We are a piece of a little bit of heaven

Verse 2

Only compassion makes us strong
A million voices sing along
Smelling the blossoms on the common ground
Breathe in the beauty of everything around

Chorus 2

If we believe love’s a little bit of heaven
We are a piece of a little bit of heaven
If we believe love’s a little bit of Heaven

Chorus 3

If we believe love’s a little bit of heaven
We are a piece of a little bit of heaven
If we believe love’s a little bit of heaven
(it can be ours today)
We are a piece of a little bit of heaven

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

When I first saw her beauty
I couldn’t believe my eyes
She was so captivating
I never felt more alive
I fell in love with her
On the day that I arrived

Chorus 2

I’m feeling So Seville Good

Verse 2

The kind of sweet romance
That makes a person sigh
She never left me
From the moment we said goodbye
Even though a sea divides us
The memories flow inside

Chorus 2

I’m feeling So Seville Good

Bridge

Nights on the Triana Bridge
Where love forgets the time
Moving to a flamenco beat
Our hearts become entwined
I often dreamed one day
I’d know a timeless love like you
I’m really glad you happened
To come true

Verse 3

When I first saw her beauty
I couldn’t believe my eyes
She was so captivating
I never felt more alive
I fell in love with her
On the day that I arrived

Chorus 3

I’m feeling So Seville Good
I’m feeling So Seville Good

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Simple song won’t you come to me
This ain’t no time to be slow
Simple song won’t you come with me
The band is ready to go

Chorus 1

So bring me some of that inspiration
That you know I’m waiting for
You move me in your mystic ways
And I’m ready for some more

Verse 2

Simple song won’t you come to me
I left the door open wide
I need some words and a melody
For what I’m feeling inside

Chorus 2

So bring me some of that inspiration
That you know I’m waiting for
You move me in your mystic ways
And I’m ready for some more

Bridge

All I want is to sing for you (La, la, la)
Sing a simple song (La,la,la,la,la)

Chorus 3

So bring me some of that inspiration
That you know I’m waiting for
You move me in your mystic ways
And I’m ready
Yes, I’m ready
I’m ready
For a Simple Song

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

In the light
Silver linings turn blue
Better not to stare
Wonder why I still do?
There is beauty in
The saddest face
There has to be
She hid secrets with
Performing eyes
Disguising misery

Chorus

In a perfect world
I’d be perfectly fine
There’d be no mistakes
No distant treasures
I couldn’t find
Behind the sky
I would recognize
The second-last goodbye
Gin with Alice
Before she had to fly

Verse 2

Wish I knew
What was hidden inside
Was it easier
To leave it all behind?
No one ever won
A race against
The setting sun
No we can’t bring back
Departed days
Or bring back anyone

Chorus

In a perfect world
I’d be perfectly fine
There’d be no mistakes
No distant treasures
I couldn’t find
Behind the sky
I would recognize
The second-last goodbye
Gin with Alice
Before she had to fly

Fly away, fly away, fly away

Chorus & Outro

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Oh Margarita, whatchya
Doin’ down-stairs tonight?
Oh señorita whatever you’re cooking is nice

Chorus 1

If you don’t like dining alone
And you’re looking for a place to go
If you ever think that you might
I’m up one flight

Verse 2

Oh Margarita,
Is your man treating you kind?
He hardly comes calling, he must be out of his mind

Chorus 2

If you don’t like dining alone
And you’re looking for a place to go
If you ever think that you might
I’m up one flight

Bridge

Oh Margarita, you’re playing my favorite song
Oh Margarita, you’ve got me singing along

Chorus 3

If you don’t like dining alone
And you’re looking for a place to go
If you ever think that you might
I’m up one flight
If you don’t like dining alone
And you’re looking for a place to go…
If you ever think that you might
I’m open tonight
I’m up one flight
Oh Margarita what ya ‘doin tonight?
Oh señorita let’s get cookin’ tonight?

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

The morning air is still
Up here on Primrose Hill
Up here we take our time
While the May Queen climb
Blossoms bursting anew, it’s just, another day with you

Verse 2

Majestic Cymbeline Fit for a noble queen
A stroll in paradise
Could never be this nice
Birds humming in tune, it’s just, another day with you

Chorus

Nothing is ordinary when your hand’s in mine
Dancing fountains are misting the sky
The scent of Red Charlottes so sweet in the air
I breathe as I take in the view, it’s just, another day with you

Verse 3

The morning air is still
Up here on Primrose Hill
Blossoms bursting anew, it’s just, another day with you

Outro

It’s just, another day with you
It’s just, another day, a lovely other day
It’s just, another day with you

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Wait, wait
Why do I hesitate?
When I get my chance to act
I deliberate

Wait, wait
When will I get this straight?
I’m stuck in second gear
And it’s making me late

Chorus 1

So how long will it take?
Before I make my break?

Verse 2

Wait, wait,
Why do I fear mistakes?
What if failure gives you
More than it takes?

Wait, wait
Why am I tempting fate?
If I keep on holding back
It’ll be too late

Chorus 2

So how long will it take?
Before I make my break?

Verse 3

Wait, wait I gotta do something great…….
Time to get inside
Before they close the Gate

Chorus 3

So how long will it take?
Before I make my break?

Outro

Wait…, just wait…, I just wait…
I just……….wait

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

The man’s bringing me down
The man’s the worst guy in town
He stands in my way
The man don’t have much to say

Chorus 1

He walks in my shoes
He’s making me lose
All I have
All I have

Verse 2

The man has stolen my life
He’s cost me a damn good wife
He knows how I feel
He’s too proud to kneel on Sunday

Chorus 2

He walks in my shoes
He’s making me lose
All I have
All I have

Verse 3

The man gives less than he takes
The man don’t fix what he breaks
Lord he looks just like me
And I know I will never
Be free of this man

Chorus 3

He walks in my shoes
He’s making me lose
All I have
All I have

Outro

All I have
Oh all I have
Ahh
All I, all I, all I have
Ahhh
All I have

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

If you think you can
Break our will
Keep us still
In our places

If you think you can
Undermine
Crucify your
Time is wasted

You say we won’t get far…well…

Chorus 1

You’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Well you’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Verse 2

If you think you are
In the know
And we’re below
Your lofty tower

If you think you’re on
Solid ground
Look around
You’re losing power

You say we won’t get far…well…

Chorus 2

You’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Well you’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Bridge

We crossed the burning bridge
And saw right through the smoke
The barking underdogs are
Here to let you to know
Don’t you know
Don’t you know you’re dead wrong

Chorus 3

You’re wrong
You’re dead wrong
Well you’re wrong
You’re dead wrong

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

In Memory of Frances Clary Baldassarre (1928-1976)

Verse 1 (Son)

I often wonder, I’ll never know
Why you did it, and left me alone
You had your struggles, they haunted you
Making you medicate and hide from the truth

Chorus 1 (Mother)

I hear you cry, I whisper a prayer
Hoping you know, I’m with you everywhere
Look to the stars that shine from above
I’m smiling down on my beloved son

Verse 2 (Son)

The day I found you, on the floor
Your pain was over, you suffered no more
At seventeen, it’s hard to know,
That even an angel cries
When heading back home

Bridge (Duet)

Son: Could this be, your gift to me?

Mother: I’m at peace like you will be

Son: Did your path make the way for us both to be free?

Breakdown (Son)

I’m now a grown man, kids of my own
The child within me still feels so alone
Wond’rin’ what it would have been like
If I had another day just with you
To tell you, how I longed to be
A proud mother’s son

Chorus 2 (Duet)

Mother: I promise you that love never dies
Though now we’re apart, we’ll never say goodbye

Mother: Through all these years, I’ve sent you my love,
Wiping your tears, your angel from above

Son: Can it be, you are here like an angel from above?

Bridge 2 (Duet)

Mother: Stay strong my son, I’m here and my love never dies
Son: How I wish it were true, that love never dies

Mother: My dear loving son, I’m proud of the man you’ve become
Son: I was born your son, that can’t be undone, I feel in my heart we are one

Mother: Please try to believe and trust that I live in your heart
Son: I want to believe you know the man I’ve become

Mother: And I will love you forever; my love will go on and on…
Son: I’ll try to believe that love will go on and on…

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

Woke up this morning and found a new day
With peace on my heart and something to say
Let’s get together there’s more work to do
Clearing the clouds so the sun can break through
It’s easy to miss the only reason why
Shine on your brother, give it a try

Verse 3

Songs from the past singing “love sweet love”
Reminding us all there’s still too little of
It’s easy to miss the only reason why
Shine on your sister, give it a try

Chorus 1

What else are we here for but to give of ourselves so tenderly?
What else are we here for, if not peace and love and harmony?

Verse 4

Make this a new song that won’t fade away
Let’s help the young ones do more than say
It’s easy to miss the only reason why
Shine on forever, give it a try

Chorus 2

What else are we here for but to give of ourselves so tenderly?
What else are we here for, if not peace and love and harmony?

Outro

Shine on, shine on, brothers and sisters, make harmony (4x)
Brothers and Sisters let’s make, let’s make it shine on, shine on (2x)
Shine on me

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

From the heavens above, comes a life-saving love
When I finally believed, the Lord rescued me
When the spirit arrived, I was quick and alive
Like a dove on a breeze, the Lord rescued me

Chorus 1

On the day I realized, my sin is why you had to die
I fell down on my knees, and the Lord rescued me

Verse 2

From the Father and Son, great a victory won
Now I claim it for me, the Lord rescued me
Here on this cornerstone, I am never, ever alone
And my soul rests in Thee, and the Lord rescued me

Chorus 2

On the day I realized, my sin is why you had to die
I fell down on my knees, and the Lord rescued me

Chorus 3

On the day I realized, my sin is why you had to die
I fell down on my knees, and the Lord rescued me

On the day I realized, my sin is why you had to die
I fell down on my knees, and the Lord rescued me

The Lord rescued me
He rescued me…

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

This photograph reminds me of
How young we were back then
I didn’t know that people change
And some loves have to end

We haven’t danced
Or laughed out loud
Since I can’t remember when
The feeling left so long ago
And it won’t come back again

Chorus 1

For years I gave my heart to this
Pretending we were fine
For years I tried to tell myself
Just give it some more time

But I think I’ve finally realized
I’ve got just one life to live
And I’ve given all I have
There’s nothing left to give

Verse 2

I’m wondering if the time has come
For us to say goodbye
Before we waste another day

Avoiding what’s inside
It’s hard to say, but maybe
We were broken from the start
When pain and love both feel the same
You can’t tell them apart

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Dawn of a day and the Evergreens yawn
The coffee is brewing a trickling song
Waiting, the time clock, receiving my check
Onward the cycle, the rhythm is set

Chorus 1

Guiding the patterns of what we can’t see
It’s Circadian Rhythms that know what will be, it’s
Circadian Rhythm that’s moving through me, ‘till the end
Moving through me… through me…moving through me

Verse 2

Time will endure and the day marches on
Letters I’ve written addressed from beyond
I’ve often questioned the sequence of time
Under all things, a spiritual bind

Chorus 2

Sunlight and sound waves and calls from the sea
It’s Circadian Rhythms that know what will be, it’s
Circadian Rhythm that’s moving through me, ‘till the end
Moving through me… through me…moving through me

Verse 3

End of the day and the fire burns bright
Dancing, the stars, suggesting the light
Endless the wonder, a friend we’ve all met
The rhythm of life an infinite set

Chorus 3

Guiding the patterns of what we can’t see
It’s Circadian Rhythms that know what will be,
Sunlight and sound waves and calls from the sea
It’s Circadian Rhythm that’s moving through me, ‘till the end
Moving through me… through me…and you

Lyrics by:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

Lily’s in the field
Turning her face to the sun
Dancing in her mind
Inviting the fairies to come

Born in a storm
She tries to survive on her own
Imagining a life
A life that she never has known

Chorus 1

And round and round she goes
To a place nobody knows
Round and round she goes
Where she stops nobody knows

A leaf in October
Fearing the Fall
She clings to the branch
With her all

Refrain

Lily’s in the valley
The valley, gets dark sometimes
Lily’s in the valley
The hills are hard to climb

Verse 2

Lily keeps her thoughts
Protected behind her brown eyes
So no one else can see
The dreams that keep her alive

Chorus 2

And round and round she goes
To a place nobody knows
Round and round she goes
Where she stops nobody knows

A leaf in October
Fearing the Fall
She clings to the branch
With her all

The wind may convince her
To spin to the ground
And land without making a sound

Refrain

Lily’s in the valley
The valley, gets dark sometimes
Lily’s in the valley
The hills are hard to climb

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

If somehow each hour
Could last a day
That wasn’t meant
To fade away
I would need
More time to say
How much I love you
In every way
Every single way

Verse 2

If I had a thousand wishes granted
There is only one that I would need
That’s because the day I met you
Was the greatest gift I’ve ever
received

Chorus 1

There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever
Here with you
There is nothing I’d rather do
Than spend forever with you

Verse 3

When we’re together
Nothing else exists
Time disappeared
When we first kissed
Let’s keep the world out
While we’re dancing slow
Just you and me
We’ll never let go

Chorus 2

Turn

Yeah, yeah, yeah
There is nothing I’d rather do
There is nothing, there is nothing
I’d rather do…

Chorus 3

Outro

Ohh, nothing I’d rather do
Then spend forever with you
Ahhh yeah
Let’s spend forever
spend forever with you
Ohh, nothing I’d rather do

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

He sat with such grace
His features beguiling
And somehow not meant to grow old
The painter had longed
To capture such beauty
As meant for the world to behold

Chorus 1

This is the Ballad of Dorian Gray

Verse 2

The finest in life
He always demanded
His lusts were many and bold
Never was there passing regret
The portrait was bearing his soul

Chorus 2

This is the Ballad of Dorian Gray
Hear ye the Ballad of Dorian Gray
His beauty remained,
As the soul in the portrait decayed

Verse 3

Life without aging
Becomes its own curse
Like pleasure that’s always alone
Dorian’s wanton
And wicked of ways
Had finally taken their toll

Chorus 3

Verse 4

They stared face-to-face
Both ageless and dead
The sin had its price to be paid
With murderous knife
He lunged toward himself
His wish now undone where he laid

Chorus 4

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre

Verse 1

Do you believe in miracles
Like I believe in you?
Do you believe in wonderful
When all your dreams come true?

It takes a setting sun
For a new day to come
If you believe in miracles
Like I believe in you?

Chorus 1

It may take you a while
And hard times can sure get you down
Just continue to smile
And good times will soon come around
If you believe in miracles
Like I believe in you

Verse 2

Do you believe in miracles
Like I believe in you?
Do you believe in wonderful
When all your dreams come true?

Any time you feel down
There’s a rainbow around
If you believe in miracles
Like I believe in you?

Chorus 2

It may take you a while
And hard times can sure get you down
Just continue to smile
And good times will soon come around

Outro

Do you believe in miracles?
Do you believe in miracles?
Do you believe in miracles,
Like I believe in you?

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

I see the softly falling snow
And feel the warmth from a longtime ago
When childhood dreams
Were as real as they seemed
As we readied our nest
With holiday best
For the day we awaited all year

Verse 2

For years I thought that time had passed,
And wonders of youth were not meant to last
But then I found you
And you found me too
Now a magical love,
The kind I dreamt of
Makes it Christmas each day I’m with you

Chorus 1

Christmas each day I’m with you,
I’m the luckiest guy that I know

Verse 3

For years I thought that time had passed,
and wonders of youth were not meant to last
So glad I found you
And you found me too
You’re the magical love,
The kind I dreamt of
And it’s Christmas each day I’m with you

Chorus 2

Christmas each day I’m with you,
It’s Christmas each day I’m with you

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

This is Joe’s Song
A little piece he passed along
I’m learning the words
To Joe’s Song

He didn’t give advice
But he said something to me
Once or maybe twice
A thing he learned about life

Chorus 1

He said, “I’ll tell you something friend
We’re gonna make it to the very end
Like every other Joe
This much I know…”

Verse 2

This is Joe’s Guitar
He lost it playing poker in a bar
I’d give it back
But he’s too far

Joe outlived his days
Went through a lot
‘cause a lot was in his way
He kept his demons at bay

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Verse 3

This is Joe’s Song
A little piece he passed along
Still learning the words
To Joe’s Song

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

In Memory of Fred R. Baldassarre (1931-2018)

Verse 1

Little boy
With ball in hand
“Can we play catch?”
I asked you Dad
When I fell down
You were there
Now it’s you
Who needs my care

Chorus 1

So close your eyes
And ease your mind
I’ll be here
And you’ll be fine
Close your eyes
And ease your mind
I’ll be here
And you’ll be fine

Verse 2

Names are hard
And words are few
When you’re afraid
I’ll comfort you
You don’t have to
Say my name
Your eyes can speak it
Just the same

Chorus 2

Bridge

We’re living through
A long good-bye
I know you’re lost
Within your mind
Until all things
Make sense again
Your boy will keep you
Safe ‘til then

Chorus 3

So close your eyes
And ease your mind
I’ll be here
And you’ll be fine

Outro

Sleep my father, sleep
These hours I will keep
‘Til angels bring you peace
Sleep father sleep

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

This is such a perfect night
You look enchanting in the firelight
There is something I’ve been dying to say
And it can’t wait another day

Verse 2

I’m grateful for the day we met
And all the memories we haven’t made yet
You make me want to live a thousand years
I fell in love when you appeared

Chorus 1

You’re the one and only you will do for me
You’re the one in a million
It’s so wonderful, when a love can be
Forevermore, and more

Verse 3

Now I am yours and this I know
It felt so good to finally tell you so
And hear the answer I was hoping for
It’s not a secret anymore

Chorus 2

Bridge

Forevermore, forevermore
Our love will be forevermore

Verse 3

You make me want to live a thousand years
I fell in love when you appeared

Chorus 3

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

I’ve got ruby rings
And all the finer things
Thought I had it all ‘til I met you

You knew just what to say
To take my breath away
So baby, baby what’s a girl to do?

Chorus 1

I need more of you
Just a little more of you
I need more of you
Baby so much more
‘Cause you leave me wanting
More

Verse 2

Not one to be shy
So loosen up that tie
We won’t forget this night, I guarantee

Many men have tried
To keep me satisfied
But maybe you’re the one who will succeed

Chorus 2

I need more of you
Just a little more of you
I need more of you
Baby so much more
‘Cause you leave me wanting
Much More

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty

Verse 1

I feel that it’s time, it’s time to move on
We both know, love’s already gone
You’re right next to me, but I’m still alone
It seems that it’s time, to pack up and go

Chorus 1

It’s never easy to go separate ways
But we can never get back wasted days
So now, maybe we end this while we are still friends?

Verse 2

You’ll always remain, close to my heart
As hard as it is, we’re better apart
We both deserve more, and no one’s to blame
I see in your eyes, you feel the same

Chorus 2

Chorus 3

Outro Refrain

Can we still be friends?
Can we still be friends?

Lyrics By:

Carl E. Baldassarre & Mary Ann Daugherty